THE #AFFORDABILITY SCAM Everybody campaigns on “affordability.” Then the answer is MORE PROPERTY TAX. I've answered election questionnaires asking candidates whether #Toronto needs more revenue to pay for more services to PROGRESS. BE CAREFUL WHO YOU VOTE FOR. Some candidates are prepared to support even HIGHER property taxes next year to fund more spending. I received the same third-party election questionnaires. My answer was NO. You cannot campaign on “affordability” while continuously sending taxpayers a bigger bill. PROPERTY TAX MUST BE THE LAST RESORT. Before you ask families for another dollar, SHOW ME WHERE THE LAST DOLLAR WENT. HISTORY Lesson: Before amalgamation 1998, Mel Lastman's North York went 5 YEARS without a property-tax increase, cut expenditures by $89 MILLION, was virtually debt-free and held almost $200 MILLION in reserves—while Lastman boasted about services including snow removal. Then came amalgamation in 1998. So 28 years later, I'm willing to as...